Chicago Theatre Review

Author: Colin Douglas

Millennials on the Move

February 16, 2016 Comments Off on Millennials on the Move

Fugitive Songs – Boho Theatre

 

Sometimes life takes us to places we never intended to be and into situations that eventually turn stale. We find

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Now Playing at a Theatre Near You

February 15, 2016 Comments Off on Now Playing at a Theatre Near You

The Flick – Steppenwolf Theatre

 

Nothing theatrical happens in this production, but it remains one of the finest, most thought-provoking productions

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Love and Hate in Suburbia

February 13, 2016 Comments Off on Love and Hate in Suburbia

Far From Heaven – Porchlight Music Theatre

 

A young housewife and mother from an affluent suburb seems to have the ideal life in 1957 Connecticut. As Autumn

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Easier Made Than Kept

February 13, 2016 Comments Off on Easier Made Than Kept

The Old Friends – Raven Theatre

 

Victorian author Samuel Butler once wrote that “Friendship, like money, is easier made than kept.” His simile is an

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Cutting to the Quick

February 12, 2016 Comments Off on Cutting to the Quick

The Shape of Things – Eclectic Full Contact Theatre

 

Like playwrights Tom Stoppard and David Mamet, Neil LaBute loves language. His plays contain dialogue that

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Everybody Loves a Winner

February 11, 2016 Comments Off on Everybody Loves a Winner

Cabaret – Broadway in Chicago

 

New York’s Roundabout Theatre is celebrating 50 years of top quality theatrical entertainment with this polished,

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Vinyl, Mixed Tapes and Love

February 10, 2016 Comments Off on Vinyl, Mixed Tapes and Love

High Fidelity – Refuge Theatre Project

 

Rob Gordon is a pleasant, but aimless young man in his mid-thirties, floating along through his everyday existence

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Treading Water in the Steno Pool

February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Treading Water in the Steno Pool

London Wall – Griffin Theatre

How is it that John Van Druten’s 1931 office comedy never became a big hit? This smart, subtly sexy play, by the

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He’s Got No Strings!

February 2, 2016 Comments Off on He’s Got No Strings!

Pinocchio – Filament Theatre

 

Although there have been many versions and incarnations of Carlo Collodi’s 1883 children’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, probably the most familiar is the groundbreaking 1940 animated version by the Walt Disney Studios. Because of this full-length cartoon, everyone remembers the story. They know about the lonely woodcarver named Geppetto who creates a little wooden puppet who eventually becomes a real boy. Audiences remember Jiminy Cricket, the cunning Fox and Cat, the evil puppeteer Stromboli, Lampwick, Pleasure Island and Monstro the whale. And, of course, they remember the beautiful Blue Fairy and how “When You Wish Upon a Star” made everything end happily ever after.

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The Sound of Silence

February 2, 2016 Comments Off on The Sound of Silence

Snowflake – Chicago Childrens Theatre

 

No one would ever know from watching Gale LaJoye perform his one-man theatrical piece, that this hardworking,

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